Priority 4 from the Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss PSP

UNCERTAINTY: What are the reasons for low hearing aid uptake, use and adherence for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss? (JLA PSP Priority 4)

Overall ranking

4

JLA question ID

0033/4

Explanatory note

Not available for this PSP

Evidence

To follow

Health Research Classification System category

Ear

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

What prevents/delays new users adjusting to wearing aids? ~ How can we get people to accept wearing hearing aids, and to wear them regularly? ~ How can we deal with people's dislike of wearing hearing aids? ~ Does a stigma around hearing aids reduce uptake?

Submitted by

Service users x 1, Clinicians x 1, Others x 1

Outcomes to be measured

Barriers to hearing aid acclimatisation/Stigma as a barrier to hearing aid uptake

PSP information

PSP unique ID

0033

PSP name

Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss

Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.

87 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)

Date of priority setting workshop

3 September 2015

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